Alexia's Baptism

Both of our moms flew in for this amazing weekend! We had so much fun with them and it will be a memory that I will treasure forever! Her baptism day was absolutely beautiful. Alexia is such a sweet little girl with a great big heart! I think she was more excited than any of our other kids for her grandma's to get here. It's been 18 months since we have seen them. I can't believe that my tiny little NICU baby is 8 years old. I feel so blessed that we have so many friends out here that are just like our family. Their love and support is overwhelming and I am truly grateful for them everyday! They make it a little easier to be so far from home. Of course nothing could ever take the place of our real family and I hope they know how much we love them and miss them. They make so many sacrifices for our little family and those do not go un-noticed and we are so thankful and appreciative. So many people helped contribute to this day being so special for Lexi and I am so grateful to all of you. ( Friends that helped watch my kids all week, all of the baking and cleaning, the beautiful flowers, absolutely amazing pictures, bows and bracelets that were hand made with lots of love, the beautiful talks that were prepared, grandma's that came bearing gifts...and ALL of our friends and family that came to support us that day!)

Long Overdue!

OK...so I'm a little behind! I am terrible at updating this thing. A recent visit from family and a good friend that just started a blog inspired me to get ours updated! I get going in my crazy mommy mode, and forget that we have family far away that misses out on so much!

We are in complete summer mode around here. Late nights and sleeping in...Yep, even mom! I have never been a sleeper, EVER! I treasure my early runs...but a recent health issue put me out of commission for a few months and it's been hard to get back into my early morning groove! Cam and Lexi are still up early, but we are lucky to see Ethan by 10:30! He is so crabby in the mornings, unless we have to be somewhere...we all let him sleep!

We put Jake on a plane to UT a few days ago and that's always hard! I know he is going to have soooo much fun...lots of adventures, but I miss him! This is his first summer at EFY and he's seems excited...but I can hear the anxiety in his voice! I know what an amazing experience it will be for him...but I'm secretly looking forward to it being over! I think he's excited to get to Washington. He'll get 3 weeks of Pickle Ball ( ???), White water rafting, video games with cousins and I hope Uncle Matt puts him to work!

In a lot of ways I feel like our summer just started this week. It has been an absolutely crazy couple months. All 6 of our birthdays, all of our parents birthdays, Friend's birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, End of the Year parties, Teacher gifts, Fieldtrips, Lexi's Baptism, Training for a race, LOTS and LOTS of baseball, etc.....We can finally breathe and enjoy the rest of summer. We are looking forward to a long week in the Outerbanks in August with friends and off to Wisconsin the beginning of September for Jarrod's race!

I will try to post regularly and I promise lots of pictures!
Have a fabulous summer!!!